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Betsy Sluder Nature Preserve

Betsy Sluder Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Betsy Sluder Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Turkey Mountain stands 253 m to the north-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Wampus Brook Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of North Castle

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.12467, -73.72417

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wampus Brook Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lombardi Park: 1.0 mi
  • A L Ehrmann Park and Recreation Center: 1.4 mi
  • Nannahagen Park: 2.4 mi
  • Leitas Pond Park / Carroll Park: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • NRHP Plaque: 1.3 mi
  • Meyer Estate House Ruins: 2.7 mi
  • Memorial to Korean War veterans from Chappaqua: 3.5 mi
  • The Rising: 4.2 mi
  • Foundation of former fire tower: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Cooney Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Reynolds Hill: 2.7 mi
  • High Point: 3.0 mi
  • Round Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Sarles Hill: 3.7 mi
Gardens
  • Prayer Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Founders Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Call to Worship Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Merestead Formal Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Dooryard Garden: 5.7 mi
Cliffs
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
  • River Arch: 7.9 mi
  • Current: 8.3 mi
  • Converging Vistas: 8.4 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 8.4 mi
  • Untitled, for Imre Lendvai: 8.4 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 12
  • The Meadow: 9.3 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 11.3 mi
  • Pell Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.8 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Farms Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Cascade: 16.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 16.6 mi
  • The Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Cascade: 18.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 14.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Betsy Sluder Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey MountainNNW 336°253 m9.4 mi
High TorWNW 289°244 m13.3 mi
Dickerson MountainNW 321°237 m11.9 mi
French HillNNW 340°236 m10.5 mi
Mount AspetongNNE 30°229 m8.2 mi
Guard HillNNE 12°226 m5.7 mi
Fox HillNE 38°223 m11.2 mi
Cat HillNNW 344°221 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1815:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/737951290

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